25.7 million.
This is inconspicuous in the Lunar New Year's several films that had a box office of over 100 million or even over 200 million on the first day, but this box office came out, still letting the producers, investors, producers, etc., breathe a sigh of relief.
Not to mention how much box office this movie can finally get, at least it will not lose money.
Although the investment of the film itself is not high, its investment in the later stage is no less than the investment of the film itself.
As the box office came out on the first day, more and more comments on the Internet began to push the movie "Prison Blaster" wildly, and even described it as the "biggest surprise of the year" or "the best of the year".
The sunspots all came out and laughed and said, "Sure enough, this year is the best. This year has only started for ten days!"
"How about this year's biggest surprise? The big surprise in ten days is really big!"
But no matter what the Internet says, the box office on the second day is still rising, breaking 30 million, the fourth day, the fifth day, the sixth day...
With more and more people watching movies, more and more praise on the Internet, and Tomato.com's ratings are getting higher and higher.
Soon, the box office of the week came out, and the weekly box office of "Prison Guard" exceeded the 200 million mark, ranking second in the box office of this week.
The number one comedy is a comedy by a well-known director that has exploded this year. When the comedy by a well-known comedy director was first released this year, the box office exceeded 200 million on the first day, although the popularity is gradually declining. , There are still many people who go to see it.
When the one-week box office of "Prison Guard" came out, what the media and the Internet first publicized was not how good the movie was, but was shocked by Su Xingchen's box office appeal.
Because most of the people who went to the cinema to watch this movie in the first week were fans of Su Xingchen.
At this time, another voice appeared on the Internet: "Su Xingchen is really big-faced, and the movie box office is good, so it is her box office appeal. Is it obviously Lin Director's box office appeal? Of these movies, which one is not so good and popular? I am ashamed to attribute the box office to her alone. Where did you put Director Lin?"
But this kind of voice is only a small part, and it is also drowned in the media army.
This is because not only the media think so, but even many investors think this is the box office appeal of Su Xingchen.
They all understand that in the first week’s box office, of course, there were positive factors that were brought about by more and more people watching movies and more and more praise on the Internet, but among the two hundred million box offices, there were at least objections. From Su Xingchen.
It can be said that three days before the movie's release, the entire box office of "Prison Guard" was supported by Su Xingchen, and the online praise and ratings were also picked up by her fans.
The score on Rotten Tomatoes is as high as 9.6 points!
As more and more viewers are attracted, the ratings of this film on major platforms have gradually stabilized, and finally stayed at 9.2 to 9:30.
But this score is already very high.
As the movie gets hotter, the second week of the release of "Prison Guard" surpassed the Lunar New Year file to be released, and the comedy that has been released soon became the box office champion this week.
As soon as the title of the box office champion of the week came out, many people began to joke that "Prison Fighter" is "there is no tiger in the mountain, and the monkey is the king."
Because the movie "Prison Guard" was released just before the end of the Lunar New Year file, the other blockbusters had already been killed, and only "Prison Guard" was left to watch.
"Did you let it be released in the Lunar New Year file? The front and the blockbuster movies like "Slaying the Wolf" and "Panda Man" just tried it out? Believe it or not? "Panda Man" just rushed to the box office on its first day Going to the box office for the first week of "Prison Bull"!"
"The box office of "Inferno" has succumbed to one billion, and the box office of "Panda Man" has exceeded 3 billion, and the box office of "Slaying Wolf" is also 2 billion. How does "Prison Fighter" compare with "Pandaman" and "Slaying Wolf"?"
The total box office of "Panda Man" is indeed very high. It has now surpassed 3 billion. Even though the box office of "Prison Guard" has broken 300 million in the second week, I want to surpass "Panda Man" or "Slaying the Wolf" "It is also impossible.
But just this evaluation and this comparison have put "Prison Blaster" and this year's two best grossing movies "Panda Man" and "Slaying Wolf" at the same height. Only movies at the same height can do this. Compare.
Generally speaking, the box office of the first week and the second week are the highest. Starting from the third week, the box office will gradually decline after the peak period.
"Prison Fighter" currently has a box office of 500 million. Even if it is still strong in the next two weeks, it will not exceed the first and second weeks. Therefore, some netizens above said that the total box office will not exceed one billion.
Of course, in the history of movies, there are no exceptions, or the box office is higher than a week, and there are not many, but such movies have all become classics.
Such as "Titanic" and so on.
So it is not wrong for them to dare to release such words.
When director Lin Zhou was interviewed by reporters, he also encountered reporters asking about this. Director Lin Zhou said directly: "I treat a movie as a work of art. Don't judge it by the box office."
"What is it for? Is it for awards? Director Lin, are you dissatisfied that "Prison Guard" did not win the Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear? Do you think the Berlin Film Festival has shady?" The reporter asked sharply.
Director Lin silently glanced at the questioning reporter, “Of course it’s better for a movie to get high box office and awards, but box office and awards are not the only criterion for measuring a movie. When I was making this movie, Instead of pursuing the box office, I just want to not lose money."
Director Lin’s words can be said to be very modest, but when it came to the reporter’s mouth, it became: "Director Lin’s request for "Prison Bull" is not at a loss. Does it mean that Director Lin has no interest in the box office of this movie? What about confidence?"
The headline of the next day's news was: Director Lin said that for "Prison Bull", please do not lose money!
As soon as the news came out, the sunspots on the Internet jumped even more happily: "Director Lin himself said that he is not optimistic about the box office of this movie, so I just want to not lose money. Can Su Xingchen fans stop blowing it? Up!"
"No matter how you blow it up, I won't watch it! Resolutely don't watch art films!"
Then in the third week, the box office surpassed the second week and broke 300 million again.
At this time, the Lunar New Year files have completely passed, students have started to go to school, and office workers have also gone to work.
If it can be said that in the first week and the second week of the previous week, it can be said that Su Xingchen's personal box office appeal has made such a good box office, and now he can still get such a high box office, the test is entirely the reputation of the movie itself. .
It is the excellence of the film itself that attracted a large number of audiences.
The box office of the third week stunned many netizens, which made netizens who had been smashed online and couldn't go to the cinema to watch the'depressive, heavy, literary film' also couldn't sit still, and went to the cinema to see this Is the movie as good-looking as it is shown on the Internet?
After reading it... it smells so good!
As these people who had resolutely said not to watch also entered the theater, the box office of the fourth week, although not more than the third week, was also stable at 300 million, winning the box office champion for three consecutive weeks.
By the time the film was released, the total box office had exceeded 1.2 billion.
1.2 billion, of course it’s incomparable to those New Year blockbusters that have invested hundreds of millions of dollars, but as an award-winning literary work, the current highest box office record of Chinese literary films is 1.4 billion. The box office champion of the literary film was shot by the top three well-known directors in China, and the director itself has a strong box office appeal.
The box office of "Prison Guard" is already in the box office of Chinese literary films, and can be shot in the top three.
Look at the investment of "Prison Guard". The total investment is more than 20 million, the public relations is more than 20 million, and the announcement is more than 10 million. Based on the total cost of 60 million, the return on investment of this movie is 5%. hundred.
Twenty times!
Go out and distribute to movie theaters, taxes and special funds, etc., and the producers and investors will have at least five times the income.
But the filming of this film only took more than two months, plus the later Berlin Film Festival awards, the domestic release time, a total of six months, six months, more than five times the return on investment.
While this movie brought high returns to the product and investors, it also brought high returns to Su Xingchen.
Because the investment in this movie is so low, another important reason is that Su Xingchen himself brought capital into the group, and he was talking about a share contract.
After the film was released, Su Xingchen's Xinhuo Media suddenly flew in many film invitations.
In March, the movie "Prison Guard" was nominated for the Best Screenplay at the Asian Film Awards.
In early April, the movie "Prison Guard" won the Best Director Award, Best Film Award, and Best Actress Award at the Yanjing University Student Film Festival.
At the end of April, the film "Prison Guard" won the Best Asian Film Award at the Treasure Island Best Film Award and nominated for the Best Actress Award.
In August, the movie "Prison Guard" won the Huabiao Award for Outstanding Digital Film, and Su Xingchen won the Best Film Newcomer Award.
In November, the movie "Prison Guard" was nominated for Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Director at the Hong Kong Golden Horse Awards.
As the movie received more and more awards, after the movie was released, Su Xingchen's Xinhuo media industry flew many film invitations.
Before the release of the film "Prison Guard", Su Xingchen had a lot of script offers, but most of them existed as supporting actors or female second roles. After this film was released, the scripts for the invitations were almost all female protagonists. .
Part of these people are interested in Su Xingchen's box office appeal, and part of them value her own acting skills and aura, and feel that she matches her role in the film.
However, just when everyone thought that Su Xingchen's career had reached its peak and that he would devote most of his energy to the entertainment circle and began to develop in the entertainment circle, Su Xingchen suddenly announced that he would withdraw from the entertainment circle.